Betfair availability and COM interface

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Betfair availability and COM interface

Postby HiArt99 » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:12 am

Hi folks,

there are many ways to skin this particular cat so is there a preferred way of checking whether Betfair is available before attempting to place a bet using the COM interface?

One way could be to handle a timeout on a GetMarket request, but I have found this can timeout for other reasons. Would, say, checking the account balance or some other function be a more suitable alternative? In other words, is there a preferred method to check that Betfair is up?

Thanks for any advice you may have.

Art
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